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Hard work

Original title: Moeilijk werken

More than one in ten women say they are not available for the labour market because of health complaints. That is almost twice as many as the figure for men. Migrant women, in particular, often cite health as a reason for not being able to work. Are there genuine differences in the health of women and men from various ethnic groups? To what extent do health problems explain the relatively low employment rate of migrant women in particular? Based on secondary analysis of large-scale surveys, group interviews with women of Turkish and Surinamese origin and interviews with doctors, an answer is sought to these questions in this study.

This report was compiled at the request of the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science as part of the series of national reports for the UN Women's Treaty.